La Bécassine sourde en Russie d’Europe

Thte breeding status of the Jack Snipe (Lymnocryptes minimus) in the European part of Russia is still unknown. V. Morozov analysed more than 100 publications of the last 150 years to define the breeding distributions if this species before and after 1960. The breeding distribution before 1960 occupied a range extending from the tundra to the mixed forest. The northern limits were the 69°N latitude in the peninsula of Kola and the 68°N in the mainland tundra to the east of the White Sea. The breeding range after 1960 decreased. The southern limit receded to the north. In more northern areas the species is preserved, but its real current status remains unknown. This range decline is attributed to the transformation of the steppe into agriculture, melioration of the bogs, construction of dams and development of industrial felling of forests.